Ep. 106 - What Hardcore Lifters Get WRONG

Iron Culture

The MASS Crew

Sports & Recreation, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Black and white Animal Pak posters, a mid-set roar lunk alarm be damned, a willingness to sacrifice, and a middle finger to the concept of “balance”. Most people would agree these are “hardcore” archetypes. Many of us have lived it, some do currently, some call on it when needed, some respect it but aren’t about that life, and others judge them for not being about it. Ultimately, it’s a subjective mindsight that can have positive and negative effects on your life and even your goals. Also, from some perspectives, it’s actually the easy way out. In this episode of Iron Culture, our hosts ponder the question “what does it mean to be hardcore?”

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0:00.0	Eric, it has been said behind every great man is even greater men.
0:04.2	And that's how I feel today.
0:06.2	I'm not sure if you're aware of this.
0:08.4	I think it's very bold and brave of you.
0:10.9	Just to, you know, record in clearly a gym in New Zealand that, you know, you have no COVID cases so you could be there.
0:17.4	There is just a manhunk behind you, though, if I'm being perfectly transparent.
0:21.5	If you just look behind you, yep. Oh, there's, oh, my goodness. And that's, you know,
0:28.0	you know what's impressive about that is not that he's curling relatively lightweights. Yeah.
0:32.4	It's that he has been able to hold that peak tension position of the 90-degree elbow.
0:41.1	He's still holding it.
0:42.3	Folks, I think he's doing one of the most hardcore isometrics we've ever seen.
0:47.1	Whoever that is, and I have no idea who it could be, is impressive.
0:52.1	Whomever it may be, I just feel that if they competed in 2019,
0:56.0	they totally would win a show in Northern California.
0:59.3	I feel that whomever it is,
1:01.9	they probably also are very knowledgeable.
1:03.6	Like these are just,
1:04.4	I'm just putting forth some different ideas here.
1:07.8	And maybe if we could have a trifecta,
1:10.6	Eric of myself, you and that gentleman,
1:13.4	who spinning knowledge, that would be incroiabla.
1:17.7	In, was that French? So, you know what? I only took the first three years. I'm going to go
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